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Pavel Zacha

Pavel Zacha

BOS·FJersey number #18
vsTBL
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Apr 11 · 12:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 416 game sample
PTS
59.1
SOG
139.2
G
23.6
A
35.5
PPP
16.6
HIT
76.4
BLK
27.6
PIM
25.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 416 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+4.88
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +8.4 goals over 204
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.89
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.8 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 416 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 416 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.72
G
0.29
A
0.43
SOG
1.70
PPP
0.20
HIT
0.93
BLK
0.33
PIM
0.30

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26783035650.8313116:51
2024-25821433470.5713219:04
2023-24782138590.7614818:07
2022-23822136570.7013116:04
2021-22701521360.5114816:51

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2661230.501118:07
2023-24131560.461918:04
2022-2370660.861517:31

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 11 lineSOG 4/10G 3/10PPP 3/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 1vs BUFPO101000018:21
Apr 28@ BUFPO100010024:19
Apr 26vs BUFPO100030014:42
Apr 23vs BUFPO500031019:54
Apr 21@ BUFPO210110014:24
Apr 19@ BUFPO101111217:02
Apr 14vs NJD00100004:58
Apr 11vs TBL200000017:11
Apr 7@ CAR211000016:59
Apr 5@ PHI110131016:38

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 11 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2621.630plus 8.4 goals above expected71204
2024-2520.914minus 6.9 goals above expected76199
2023-2420.321plus 0.7 goals above expected72211
2022-2317.021plus 4.0 goals above expected76179
2021-2221.015minus 6.0 goals above expected67211

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2619 goals, 24 assists, 43 points11 goals, 11 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2510 goals, 27 assists, 37 points2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
2023-2415 goals, 29 assists, 44 points6 goals, 9 assists, 15 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-2318 goals, 30 assists, 48 points3 goals, 5 assists, 8 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2021-2211 goals, 17 assists, 28 points4 goals, 4 assists, 8 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

204 attempts · 30 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (73)Shot on goal (101)Goal (30)

Markets · Apr 11

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
27%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
22%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.9
P(over)
54%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.